Community Events

El Camino College Center for the Arts is proud to partner with community organizations
to provide high-quality art, entertainment and cultural events throughout the year.
Outreach programs for youth, special initiatives that celebrate the community’s cultural
diversity, and unique musical productions, art exhibitions, and academic enrichment
programs are just a few of the events coordinated through the Center for the Arts.

"The Nutcracker" Presented by The South Bay Ballet

December 15, 2018 at 2 p.m.December 16, 2018 at 2 p.m.

Marsee Auditorium

Nationally known South Bay Ballet delivers a holiday confection for savvy ballet audiences
who are looking for impeccably trained artists and a creative, accessible interpretation
of Tchaikovsky’s classic. Grandmother Clara tells the story of a young girl on Christmas
Eve, dreaming a lush and vivid fantasy of her faithful Nutcracker Prince escorting
her to the Kingdom of Sweets, where she becomes his beautiful, grown-up ballerina–and
isn’t that every girl’s Christmas wish?

Los Angeles Opera

The Magic Dream

January 30, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

Marsee Auditorium

Educational Outreach Programming

The Magic Dream is a 45-minute high energy introduction to the world of opera, created by Lee Holdridge
and Richard Sparks. Directed by Eli Villanueva and aimed at students in grades 2-6,
this lighthearted show is a wildly imaginative and engaging celebration of Mozart’s
opera, The Magic Flute. Young Pam grew up listening to The Magic Flute with her grandparents, but never understood what was happening in the story. Pam
invites us to explore the opera in her creatively, re-imagined version in which she
has cast her friends as the colorful characters of The Magic Flute. Together, the group of friends learn that music and your own imagination can take
you anywhere.

This is a Los Angeles Opera educational outreach event and is designed for elementary age students. The program is FREE but advanced reservations are required. For more information or to make a reservation, please contact the El Camino College
Ticket Office at: (310) 329-5345 or email ArtsTickets@elcamino.edu.